Data Dictionary

Download variable order	Supported Modes in 3.0	Variable Name	Download Tab/Table Name	Form-Page and Section	Format	Description	User entered?
1	All	CDCID	All	Page 1, CDC Use Only	Number	The CDCID is an autogenerated unique ID that represents a single NORS report. Links record from a single NORS report across all tables of the flattened database.	No
2	All	StateID	All	Page 1	Text	The report ID entered by the reporting site. The StateID is unique to each report created by a NORS reporting agency.	Yes
3	All	ReportingSite	Report	N/A	Text	Reporting site of the report author.	No
4	All	AgencyName	All	N/A	Text	Name of the NORS agency reporting the outbreak.	No
5	All	AgencyContact	Report	N/A	Text	Name of primary agency contact.	No
6	All	AgencyTitle	Report	N/A	Text	Title of agency contact.	No
7	All	AgencyEmail	Report	N/A	Text	Email address of agency contact.	No
8	All	AgencyPhone	Report	N/A	Text	Phone number of agency contact.	No
9	All	RecordStatus	Report	N/A	Text	Indicates whether the report is active, finalized, or deleted.	Yes
10	All	CDCStatus	Report	N/A	Text	NORS value for internal data management processes. Indicates whether a report has been excluded (e.g., due to multistate consolidation), cleaned, or closed out (data cleaning status applied for NORS reports for some primary modes).	No
11	Water	CDCWaterStatus	Report	N/A	Text	NORS value that indicates whether CDC has classified a waterborne disease outbreak report as excluded, cleaned, or closed out as a result of routine data cleaning and review activities.	No
12	All	NORSUserID	Report	N/A	Text	User ID of the person who created the report.	No
13	All	StartTimeStamp	Report	N/A	MM/DD/YYYY Time	Date NORS report was created.	No
14	All	FinalTimeStamp	Report	N/A	MM/DD/YYYY Time	Date NORS report was most recently finalized, if any.	No
15	All	PrimaryMode	Outbreak, Setting	Page 1, Primary mode of transmission	Text	Primary mode of transmission.	Yes
16	All	DateFirstIll	Outbreak	Page 1, Dates	MM/DD/YYYY	Earliest date of reported illness onset.	Yes
17	All	DateLastIll	Outbreak	Page 1, Dates	MM/DD/YYYY	Latest date of reported illness onset.	Yes
18	All	InitialExposure	Outbreak	Page 1, Dates	MM/DD/YYYY	Earliest date of reported exposure.	Yes
19	All	LastExposure	Outbreak	Page 1, Dates	MM/DD/YYYY	Latest date of reported exposure.	Yes
20	All	LocalReportDate	Outbreak	Page 1, Dates	MM/DD/YYYY	Date reported to local authorities.	Yes
21	All	DateInvestigation	Outbreak	Page 1, Dates	MM/DD/YYYY	Date the outbreak investigation began.	Yes
22	All	GeneralRemarks	Outbreak	Page 24, Remarks	Text	General remarks about the outbreak. Briefly describe any important aspects of the outbreak not covered, including links to communications or publications.	Yes
23	All	CDCRemarks	Outbreak	N/A	Text	General comments added by CDC NORS managing administrators.	No
24	All	References	Outbreak	N/A	Text	Publications or other references related to outbreak added by CDC.	No
26	All	MultiStateExposure	Exposure	Page 1, Geographic Location	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Exposure occurred in multiple states/reporting sites. See 'State' variable for list of states involved.	Yes
27	All	MultiStateResidence	Exposure	Page 1, Geographic Location	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Cases resided in multiple states/reporting sites. See 'State' variable for list of states involved.	Yes
28	All	MultiCountyExposure	Exposure	Page 1, Geographic Location	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Exposure occurred in multiple counties. See 'County' variable for list of counties involved.	Yes
29	All	MultiCountyResidence	Exposure	Page 1, Geographic Location	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Exposure occurred in a single county, but cases resided in another county or multiple counties. See 'County' variable for list of counties involved.	Yes
30	All	LandNA	Exposure	Page 1, Geographic Location	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Type of land does not apply.	Yes
31	All	LandTribalLand	Exposure	Page 1, Geographic Location	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Exposure occurred on tribal land.	Yes
32	All	LandNatPark	Exposure	Page 1, Geographic Location	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Exposure occurred in a national park.	Yes
33	All	LandOthFed	Exposure	Page 1, Geographic Location	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Exposure occurred on federal land not specified in the list.	Yes
34	All	ExposureLocation	Exposure	Page 1, Geographic Location	Text	Name of city, town, or place of exposure.	Yes
35	All	ExposureState	Exposure	Page 1, Geographic Location	Text	The state where the exposure occurred. For a single state of exposure and a multistate residency exposure, the state will be listed. For multiple states of exposure, the value will be null (left blank). See the States table for information on all states involved in this outbreak (i.e., state of exposure, state of residency).	Yes
36	All	ExposureStateCount	Exposure	Page 1, Geographic Location	Integer	The case count for each exposure state for a single state of exposure and a multistate residency exposure, the exposure state count will be listed. For multiple states of exposure, the value will be null (left blank).	Yes
37	All	State#	Exposure	Page 1, Geographic Location	Text	Name of each state involved in the outbreak. If multiple states were involved but there was only one exposure state, it will be included in the list of states.	Yes
38	All	StateIsExposure#	Exposure	Page 1, Geographic Location	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if this is a state where the exposure occurred.	Yes
39	All	StateCount#	Exposure	N/A	Number	The case count for each state for multistate exposure or multistate residency outbreaks. This information can be entered on the reporting form when additional states are reported as part of a multistate exposure or multistate residency outbreak.	Yes
40	All	OtherStateMore	Exposure	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
41	All	ExposureCounty	Exposure	Page 1, Geographic Location	Text	Name of county within the exposure state where exposure occurred. For multiple states of exposure, the exposure county value will be null (left blank). See the Counties table for information on all counties involved in this outbreak.	Yes
42	All	County#	Exposure	Page 1, Geographic Location	Text	Name of each county involved in the outbreak. If multiple counties were involved but there was only one exposure county, it will be included in the list of counties.	Yes
43	All	CountyIsExposure#	Exposure	Page 1, Geographic Location	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if this is a county where the exposure occurred. If yes, this must be a county in the exposure state.	Yes
44	All	OtherCountyMore	Exposure	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
45	All	ConfirmedPrimary	PrimaryCases	Page 1, Primary Cases	Number	Number of laboratory-confirmed primary cases.	Yes
46	All	ProbablePrimary	PrimaryCases	Page 1, Primary Cases	Number	Number of probable primary cases.	Yes
47	All	EstimatedPrimary	PrimaryCases	Page 1, Primary Cases	Number	Estimated total number of primary cases, including lab-confirmed and probable.	Yes
48	Food, Animal	Year#	PrimaryCases	Page 1, Primary Cases	Number	For an outbreak spanning multiple calendar years, indicates a single year of the outbreak during which illnesses occurred.	Yes
49	Food, Animal	YearConfirmedIll#	PrimaryCases	Page 1, Primary Cases	Number	Number of lab-confirmed cases for the indicated year.	Yes
50	Food, Animal	YearProbableIll#	PrimaryCases	Page 1, Primary Cases	Number	Number of probable ill cases for the indicated year.	Yes
51	Food, Animal	YearTotalPrimaryIll#	PrimaryCases	Page 1, Primary Cases	Number	Total number of primary cases for the indicated year.	Yes
52	Food, Animal	YearMore	Primary Cases		Number	Indicates whether or not additional rows of data are available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
53	P2P, Water, Unknown	TravelCaseDom	PrimaryCases	Page 3, Primary Cases	Yes/No/Unknown/NA	Indicates if any primary cases traveled domestically for at least one night away from their primary residence.	Yes
54	P2P, Water, Unknown	TravelCaseInt	PrimaryCases	Page 3, Primary Cases	Yes/No/Unknown/NA	Indicates if any primary cases traveled internationally for at least one night away from their primary residence.	Yes
55	Food	TravelSourceInt	PrimaryCases	Page 3, Primary Cases	Yes/No/Unknown/NA	For foodborne outbreaks, indicates if the outbreak was associated with the source case-patient traveling internationally.	Yes
56	All	CaseCharRemarks	PrimaryCases	Page 3, Primary Cases	Text	Remarks about case characteristics.	Yes
57	All	NumberMale	CaseAgeSex	Page 1, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases who identify as male.	Yes
58	All	NumberFemale	CaseAgeSex	Page 1, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases who identify as female.	Yes
59	All	NumberSexUnknown	CaseAgeSex	Page 1, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases of unknown sex.	Yes
60	All	PercentMale	CaseAgeSex	Page 1, Primary Cases	Number	Percentage of primary cases who identify as male.	Yes
61	All	PercentFemale	CaseAgeSex	Page 1, Primary Cases	Number	Percentage of primary cases who identify as female.	Yes
62	All	PercentSexUnknown	CaseAgeSex	Page 1, Primary Cases	Number	Percentage of primary cases of unknown sex.	Yes
63	All	NumberAgeUnder1	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases age less than one year.	Yes
64	All	NumberAge1to4	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases age one to four years.	Yes
65	All	NumberAge5to9	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases age five to nine years.	Yes
66	All	NumberAge10to17	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases age 10 to 17 years.	Yes
67	All	NumberAge18to49	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases age 18 to 49 years.	Yes
68	All	NumberAge50to64	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases age 50 to 64 years.	Yes
69	All	NumberAge65to74	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases age 65 to 74 years.	Yes
70	All	NumberAge75plus	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases equal to or over 75 years of age.	Yes
71	All	NumberAgeUnknown	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases of unknown age.	Yes
72	All	PercentAgeUnder1	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Percentage of primary cases age less than one year.	Yes
73	All	PercentAge1to4	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Percentage of primary cases age one to four years.	Yes
74	All	PercentAge5to9	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Percentage of primary cases age five to nine years.	Yes
75	All	PercentAge10to17	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Percentage of primary cases age 10 to 17 years.	Yes
76	All	PercentAge18to49	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Percentage of primary cases age 18 to 49 years.	Yes
77	All	PercentageAge50to64	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Percentage of primary cases age 50 to 64 years.	Yes
78	All	PercentageAge65to74	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Percentage of primary cases age 65 to 74 years.	Yes
79	All	PercentAge75plus	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Percentage of primary cases equal to or over 75 years of age.	Yes
80	All	PercentAgeUnknown	CaseAgeSex	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Percentage of primary cases of unknown age.	Yes
87	All	IncUnknown	CaseIncDur	Page 2, Primary Cases	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Information on incubation period is unknown.	Yes
88	All	IncShort	CaseIncDur	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Shortest incubation period, in selected units.	Yes
89	All	IncShortUnit	CaseIncDur	Page 2, Primary Cases	Text	Units of shortest incubation time.	Yes
90	All	IncMedian	CaseIncDur	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Median incubation period, in selected units.	Yes
91	All	IncMedianUnit	CaseIncDur	Page 2, Primary Cases	Text	Units of median incubation time.	Yes
92	All	IncLong	CaseIncDur	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Longest incubation period, in selected units.	Yes
93	All	IncLongUnit	CaseIncDur	Page 2, Primary Cases	Text	Units of longest incubation time.	Yes
94	All	IncubationNum	CaseIncDur	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases for whom information on incubation period is available.	Yes
95	All	DurUnknown	CaseIncDur	Page 2, Primary Cases	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if information on duration of illness is unknown.	Yes
96	All	DurShort	CaseIncDur	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Shortest duration time, in selected units.	Yes
97	All	DurShortUnit	CaseIncDur	Page 2, Primary Cases	Text	Units of shortest duration time.	Yes
98	All	DurMedian	CaseIncDur	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Median duration time, in selected units.	Yes
99	All	DurMedianUnit	CaseIncDur	Page 2, Primary Cases	Text	Units of median duration time.	Yes
100	All	DurLong	CaseIncDur	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Longest duration time, in selected units.	Yes
101	All	DurLongUnit	CaseIncDur	Page 2, Primary Cases	Text	Units of longest duration time.	Yes
102	All	DurationNum	CaseIncDur	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases for whom information on duration of illness is available.	Yes
103	All	HealthcareNum	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases who visited a health care provider.	Yes
104	All	HealthcareInfo	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Total number of primary cases for whom information on health care visit is available.	Yes
105	All	ERNum	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases who visited an emergency room.	Yes
106	All	ERInfo	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Total number of primary cases for whom information on emergency room visit is available.	Yes
107	All	IHSNum	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases who visited an Indian Health Service (IHS) or tribal facility.	Yes
108	All	IHSInfo	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Total number of primary cases for whom information on IHS or tribal facility visit is available.	Yes
109	All	DeathsNum	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases who died.	Yes
110	All	DeathsInfo	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Total number of primary cases for whom information on survival is available.	Yes
111	All	HospitalNum	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases who were hospitalized.	Yes
112	All	HospitalInfo	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Total number of primary cases for whom information on hospitalization is available.	Yes
113	All	HUSNum	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).	Yes
114	All	HUSInfo	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Total number of primary cases for whom information on HUS is available.	Yes
115	All	DissemInfectNum	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases with a disseminated infection.	Yes
116	All	DissemInfectInfo	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Total number of primary cases for whom information on disseminated infection is available.	Yes
117	All	PregLossNum	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases with a pregnancy loss.	Yes
118	All	PregLossInfo	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Total number of known primary cases who are pregnant.	Yes
119	All	DaycareNum	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases who attended or worked in child daycare.	Yes
120	All	DaycareInfo	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Total number of primary cases for whom information on child daycare is available.	Yes
121	All	HomelessNum	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases who were experiencing homelessness.	Yes
122	All	HomelessInfo	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Total number of primary cases for whom information on homelessness is available.	Yes
123	All	WorkplaceNum	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases exposed in the workplace.	Yes
124	All	WorkplaceInfo	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Total number of primary cases for whom information on workplace exposure is available.	Yes
125	All	ImmCompNum	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of primary cases who were immunocompromised.	Yes
126	All	ImmCompInfo	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Total number of primary cases for whom information on immunocompromised status is available.	Yes
127	All	MSMNum	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of adult male primary cases who report sexual contact with another male.	Yes
128	All	MSMInfo	CaseInfo	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Total number of adult male primary cases for whom information on sexual contact with another male is available.	Yes
129	All	Symptom#	CaseSymptom	Page 2, Primary Cases	Text	Name of sign or symptom.	Yes
130	All	SymptomCases#	CaseSymptom	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Number of cases with sign or symptom specified in the corresponding 'Symptom' field.	Yes
131	All	SymptomInfo#	CaseSymptom	Page 2, Primary Cases	Number	Total number of cases for whom information is available for the symptom specified in the corresponding 'Symptom' field.	Yes
132	All	SymptomMore	CaseSymptom	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
133	All	ConfirmedSecondary	SecondaryCases	Page 3, Secondary Cases	Number	Number of laboratory-confirmed secondary cases.	Yes
134	All	ProbableSecondary	SecondaryCases	Page 3, Secondary Cases	Number	Number of probable secondary cases.	Yes
135	All	TotalSecondary	SecondaryCases	Page 3, Secondary Cases	Number	Total number of laboratory-confirmed and probable secondary cases.	Yes
136	All	TotalCases	SecondaryCases	Page 3, Secondary Cases	Number	Sum of all primary and secondary cases reported in the 'EstimatedPrimary' and 'TotalSecondary' fields.	Yes
137	Food, Animal	SecDeathsNum	SecondaryCases	Page 3, Secondary Cases	Number	Number of secondary cases who died.	Yes
138	Food, Animal	SecDeathsInfo	SecondaryCases	Page 3, Secondary Cases	Number	Total number of secondary cases for whom information on survival is available.	Yes
139	Food, Animal	SecHospitalNum	SecondaryCases	Page 3, Secondary Cases	Number	Number of secondary cases who were hospitalized.	Yes
140	Food, Animal	SecHospitalInfo	SecondaryCases	Page 3, Secondary Cases	Number	Total number of secondary cases for whom information on hospitalization is available.	Yes
141	Food, Animal	SecHUSNum	SecondaryCases	Page 3, Secondary Cases	Number	Number of secondary cases with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).	Yes
142	Food, Animal	SecHUSInfo	SecondaryCases	Page 3, Secondary Cases	Number	Total number of secondary cases for whom information on HUS is available.	Yes
143	All	SecondaryFood	SecondaryCases	Page 3, Secondary Cases	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates whether foodborne transmission was a secondary mode of transmission.	Yes
144	All	SecondaryWater	SecondaryCases	Page 3, Secondary Cases	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates whether waterborne transmission was a secondary mode of transmission.	Yes
145	All	SecondaryAnimal	SecondaryCases	Page 3, Secondary Cases	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates whether animal contact was a secondary mode of transmission.	Yes
146	All	SecondaryPerson	SecondaryCases	Page 3, Secondary Cases	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates whether person-to-person transmission was a secondary mode of transmission.	Yes
147	All	SecondaryEnviron	SecondaryCases	Page 3, Secondary Cases	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates whether an environmental exposure was a secondary mode of transmission.	Yes
148	All	SecondaryUnknown	SecondaryCases	Page 3, Secondary Cases	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates whether an indeterminate or unknown mode was a secondary mode of transmission.	Yes
149	All	SamplesTested	LabEnviro	Page 3, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether any specimens or environmental, food, or water samples were collected and tested.	Yes
150	All	SampleTypeHuman	LabEnviro	Page 3, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether human samples were tested.	Yes
151	All	SampleTypeHumanNum	LabEnviro	Page 3, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Number	Number of persons from whom clinical specimens were collected, if clinical diagnostic specimens were collected.	Yes
152	All	SampleTypeFW	LabEnviro	Page 3, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether food workers were tested.	Yes
153	All	SampleTypeAnimal	LabEnviro	Page 3, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether animal samples were tested.	Yes
154	All	SampleTypeFood	LabEnviro	Page 3, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether food samples were tested.	Yes
155	All	SampleTypeWater	LabEnviro	Page 3, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether water samples were tested.	Yes
156	All	SampleTypeOther	LabEnviro	Page 3, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether other environmental samples were tested.	Yes
157	All	SampleTypeOthSp	LabEnviro	Page 3, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Text	Specify other environmental sample types.	Yes
158	All	HumanTestedFor#	LabEnviro	Page 3, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Text	Indicates what the human sample was tested for (e.g., bacteria, viruses).	Yes
159	All	HumanTestedForMore	LabEnviro	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
160	All	OtherTestedFor#	LabEnviro	Page 3, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Text	Indicates what the animal/food/water/other environmental sample was tested for (e.g., bacteria, viruses).	Yes
161	All	OtherTestedForMore	LabEnviro	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
162	All	HumanTestType#	LabEnviro	Page 4, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Text	Indicates the type of test used for the human sample.	Yes
163	All	HumanTestTypeSp	LabEnviro	Page 4, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Text	Specify the other type of test used for the human sample	Yes
164	All	HumanTestTypeMore	LabEnviro	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
165	All	OtherTestType#	LabEnviro	Page 4, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Text	Indicates the type of test used for the animal/food/water/other environmental sample.	Yes
166	All	OtherTestTypeSp	LabEnviro	Page 4, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Text	Specify the other type of test used for animal/food/water/other environmental sample.	Yes
167	All	OtherTestTypeMore	LabEnviro	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
168	All	NARMSAST	LabEnviro	Page 4, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates if CDC NARMS performed antimicrobial susceptibility testing.	Yes
199	Water	SampleLocation#	WaterSamples	Page 4, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Text	Indicates which of the following sampling locations were tested.	Yes
200	Water	SampleLocationSp#	WaterSamples	Page 4, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Text	Specify other sampling locations that were tested	Yes
201	Water	SampleLocationMore	WaterSamples	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
202	Water	WaterEnvSampImp	WaterSamples	Page 4, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether environmental sampling results implicate water as the primary mode of transmission.	Yes
203	Water	WaterImpVeh	WaterSamples	Page 4, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Yes/No/Unknown	If 'WaterEnvSampImp' = yes, indicates if environmental sampling results implicate the vehicle(s) of transmission.	Yes
204	Water	WaterHistImp	WaterSamples	Page 4, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates if historical or other environmental health evidence implicate water as the primary mode of transmission.	Yes
205	Water	WaterHistImpDescribe	WaterSamples	Page 4, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Text	If 'WaterHistImp' = yes, indicates historical or environmental health evidence that implicated water as the mode of transmission.	Yes
206	Water	WaterEnvAttach	WaterSamples	Page 4, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if environmental sampling results are attached to this report.	Yes
207	Water	SampleResult#	WaterSamples	Page 4, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Text	Environmental sampling results (e.g., Fecal indicators, pH, Temperature, Turbidity, Residual/free disinfectant, Combined disinfectant, Etiologic agent(s), Other).	Yes
208	Water	SampleResultSp#	WaterSamples	Page 4, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Text	Specify other environmental sampling results	Yes
209	Water	SampleResultSupport#	WaterSamples	Page 4, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if there are supporting environmental sampling results.	Yes
210	Water	SampleResultDescribe#	WaterSamples	Page 4, Laboratory and Environmental Investigation	Text	Describe relevant environmental sampling results (e.g., fecal indicators identified in well water on [insert date]).	Yes
211	Water	SampleResultMore	WaterSamples	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
212	All	EtiologyKnown	Etiology	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates that there is at least one confirmed or suspected outbreak etiology (based on either laboratory confirmation or epidemiological evidence).	Yes
213	All	GenusName#	Etiology	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Text	Genus of the identified etiology.	Yes
214	All	SpeciesName#	Etiology	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Text	Species of the identified etiology.	Yes
215	All	SubtypeName#	Etiology	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Text	Subtype (e.g., serotype, genotype).	Yes
216	All	Polymerase#	Etiology	N/A	Text	Polymerase of the norovirus etiology indicated in the corresponding 'GenusName' field.	Yes
217	All	Capsid#	Etiology	N/A	Text	Capsid of the norovirus etiology indicated in the corresponding 'GenusName' field.	Yes
218	All	OtherCharacteristics#	Etiology	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Text	Other characteristics of the identified etiology specified in the corresponding 'GenusName' field.	Yes
219	All	NumPosTotal#	Etiology	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Number	Total number of primary cases testing positive by culture, CIDT, or any other test.	Yes
220	All	NumPosCulture#	Etiology	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Number	Number of positive culture confirmed primary cases.	Yes
221	All	NumPosCIDT#	Etiology	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Number	Number of CIDT positive only primary cases.	Yes
222	All	Confirmed#	Etiology	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Text	Indicates whether the etiology listed in the corresponding 'GenusName' field is confirmed or suspected.	Yes
223	All	PatientSpecimen#	Etiology	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates whether the etiology in the corresponding 'GenusName' field was identified/detected in a patient specimen.	Yes
224	All	FoodSample#	Etiology	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates whether the etiology in the corresponding 'GenusName' field was identified/detected in a food sample.	Yes
225	All	EnvironmentalSample#	Etiology	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates whether the etiology in the corresponding 'GenusName' field was identified/detected in an environmental sample.	Yes
226	All	FoodWorkerSpecimen#	Etiology	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates whether the etiology in the corresponding 'GenusName' field was identified/detected in a food worker specimen.	Yes
227	All	WaterSample#	Etiology	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates whether the etiology specified in the corresponding 'GenusName' field was identified/detected in a water sample.	Yes
228	All	AnimalSpecimen#	Etiology	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates whether the etiology in the corresponding 'GenusName' field was identified/detected in an animal specimen.	Yes
229	All	EtiologyValue#	Etiology	N/A	Text	Indicates whether the listed etiology is bacterial, chemical, viral, parasitic, or hepatitis. Value is automatically assigned for analysis purposes.	No
230	All	EtiologyMore	Etiology	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
231	All	CDCSystem#	Isolate	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Text	The CDC laboratory system with associated isolate or specimen data for the isolate listed in the corresponding 'StateLabID' field.	Yes
232	All	CDCLabOutbreakID#	Isolate	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Text	The CDC laboratory outbreak identifier for the isolate or strain listed in the corresponding 'StateSampleID' field.	Yes
233	All	Enzyme1_#	Isolate	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Text	Indicates the CDC PulseNet pattern designation for an enzyme for an isolate (set #). E.g., Enzyme1_3 indicates the first PulseNet pattern designation for an enzyme for the third isolate.	Yes
234	All	Enzyme2_#	Isolate	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Text	Indicates the CDC PulseNet pattern designation for an enzyme for an isolate (set #). E.g., Enzyme2_3 indicates the second PulseNet pattern designation for an enzyme for the third isolate.	Yes
235	All	SequenceInfo#	Isolate	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Text	Other molecular designation/CaliciNet sequenced region for the isolate/strain listed in the corresponding 'StateSampleID' field.	Yes
236	All	SubtypeInfo#	Isolate	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Text	Other molecular designation/CaliciNet genotype for the isolate listed in the corresponding 'StateSampleID' field.	Yes
237	All	StateSampleID#	Isolate	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Text	Sample identifier assigned by state lab for this isolate/strain.	Yes
238	All	CDCSampleID#	Isolate	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Text	CDC-assigned laboratory identifier (CaliciNet key, Accession ID, or PulseNet key) for this isolate/strain.	Yes
239	All	SourceType#	Isolate	Page 5, Etiology and Isolates	Text	Source or sample type for the specimen from the PulseNet or CaliciNet database.	Yes
240	All	IsolatesMore	Isolate	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
241	P2P, Environmental, Unknown	MajorSetting	Setting	Page 5, Settings	Text	Name of major setting where exposure occurred for person-to-person, environmental contamination, and indeterminate/unknown primary mode of transmission outbreaks.	Yes
242	P2P, Environmental, Unknown	MajorSettingSp	Setting	Page 5, Settings	Text	Specify other major setting where exposure occurred for person-to-person, environmental contamination, and indeterminate/unknown primary mode of transmission outbreaks.	Yes
243	All	SettingExposure#	Setting	Page 5, Settings	Text	Setting where exposure occurred. For foodborne outbreaks, this is the location where food was eaten. For person-to-person, environmental contamination, and indeterminate/unknown mode outbreaks, this is any setting(s) of exposure in addition to the major setting of exposure.	Yes
244	All	SettingExposureSp#	Setting	Page 5, Settings	Text	Specify other settings where exposure occurred. For foodborne outbreaks, this is the location where food was eaten. For person-to-person, environmental contamination, and indeterminate/unknown mode outbreaks, this is any setting(s) of exposure in addition to the major setting of exposure.	Yes
245	All	SettingExposureMore	Setting	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
246	All	SettingExposureRemarks	Setting	Page 5, Settings	Text	Remarks field for additional information about settings of exposure for all modes except water.	Yes
247	Food	WherePrepName#	Setting	Page 6, Settings	Text	Location where the implicated food was prepared.	Yes
248	Food	WherePrepNameSp#	Setting	Page 6, Settings	Text	Specify other location where the implicated food was prepared	Yes
249	Food	WherePrepMore	Setting	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
250	Food	WherePrepRemarks	Setting	Page 6, Settings	Text	Remarks field for additional information about the location of preparation for the implicated food.	Yes
251	All	AssociatedEvent	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates if the exposure was associated with a specific event or gathering.	Yes
252	All	EventName#	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Text	Indicates the type of event or gathering, if the outbreak exposure was associated with a specific event or gathering.	Yes
253	All	EventNameSp	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Text	Specify the other type of event or gathering, if the outbreak exposure was associated with a specific event or gathering.	Yes
254	All	EventMore	Setting	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
255	All	LTC#	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Text	Indicates the type(s) of care affected by the long-term care outbreak (e.g., nursing home/skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, intermediate care, memory care, other).	Yes
256	All	LTCSp	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Text	Specify other type of care affected by the long-term care outbreak	Yes
257	All	LTCMore	Setting	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
258	All	NumSchoolPublic	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Number	Number of involved schools with public funding.	Yes
259	All	NumSchoolPrivate	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Number	Number of involved schools with private funding.	Yes
260	All	NumSchoolUnk	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Number	Number of involved schools with unknown or undetermined funding.	Yes
261	All	MultipleSchools	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Text	Indicates if the outbreak involved one or more schools.	Yes
262	All	NumofMultipleSchools	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Number	Number of schools if multiple schools were involved in the outbreak.	Yes
263	All	GradeLevelK	Setting	Page 7, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates grade level of the students in the outbreak.	Yes
264	All	GradeLevel1	Setting	Page 7, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates grade level of the students in the outbreak.	Yes
265	All	GradeLevel2	Setting	Page 7, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates grade level of the students in the outbreak.	Yes
266	All	GradeLevel3	Setting	Page 7, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates grade level of the students in the outbreak.	Yes
267	All	GradeLevel4	Setting	Page 7, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates grade level of the students in the outbreak.	Yes
268	All	GradeLevel5	Setting	Page 7, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates grade level of the students in the outbreak.	Yes
269	All	GradeLevel6	Setting	Page 7, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates grade level of the students in the outbreak.	Yes
270	All	GradeLevel7	Setting	Page 7, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates grade level of the students in the outbreak.	Yes
271	All	GradeLevel8	Setting	Page 7, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates grade level of the students in the outbreak.	Yes
272	All	GradeLevel9	Setting	Page 7, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates grade level of the students in the outbreak.	Yes
273	All	GradeLevel10	Setting	Page 7, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates grade level of the students in the outbreak.	Yes
274	All	GradeLevel11	Setting	Page 7, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates grade level of the students in the outbreak.	Yes
275	All	GradeLevel12	Setting	Page 7, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates grade level of the students in the outbreak.	Yes
276	All	GradeLevelCollege	Setting	Page 7, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates grade level of the students in the outbreak.	Yes
277	All	GradeLevelUnknown	Setting	Page 7, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates grade level of the students in the outbreak.	Yes
278	All	DFName	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Text	Name of correctional/detention facility where outbreak exposure occurred.	Yes
279	All	DFOversight	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Text	Indicates whether correctional/detention facility is run by the government, by a privately contracted business, or unknown.	Yes
280	All	DFType	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Text	Indicates type of correctional/detention facility.	Yes
281	All	DFTypeSp	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Text	Specify other type of correctional/detention facility.	Yes
282	Food	DFInmateFW	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether inmate food workers were involved in food preparation.	Yes
283	Food	DFOtherFW	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether other food workers were involved in food preparation.	Yes
284	Food	DFInmateFWImp	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether inmate food workers were implicated in food worker contamination as a contributing factor.	Yes
285	Food	DFOtherFWImp	Setting	Page 7, Settings	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether other food workers were implicated in food worker contamination as a contributing factor.	Yes
286	P2P, Environmental, Unknown	GuestExposed	Setting	Page 8, Settings	Number	Number of residents, guests, attendees, patients, etc. who were exposed in the major setting.	Yes
287	P2P, Environmental, Unknown	StaffExposed	Setting	Page 8, Settings	Number	Number of staff, crew, etc. who were exposed in the major setting.	Yes
288	P2P, Environmental, Unknown	GuestIll	Setting	Page 8, Settings	Number	Number of residents, guests, attendees, patients, etc. who were exposed in the major setting and became ill during the outbreak.	Yes
289	P2P, Environmental, Unknown	StaffIll	Setting	Page 8, Settings	Number	Number of staff, crew, etc. who were exposed in the major setting and became ill during the outbreak.	Yes
290	P2P, Environmental, Unknown	GuestAR	Setting	Page 8, Settings	Decimal	The attack rate among residents and guests, calculated by dividing the number of residents and guests ill by the number exposed.	Yes
291	P2P, Environmental, Unknown	StaffAR	Setting	Page 8, Settings	Decimal	The attack rate among staff and crew, calculated by dividing the number of staff and crew ill by the number exposed.	Yes
296	Water	TreatedRecExposure	SettingWater	Page 6, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	The implicated type of water exposure was treated recreational water.	Yes
297	Water	UntreatedRecExposure	SettingWater	Page 6, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	The implicated type of water exposure was untreated recreational water.	Yes
298	Water	DrinkingExposure	SettingWater	Page 6, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	The implicated type of water exposure was drinking water.	Yes
299	Water	OtherExposure	SettingWater	Page 6, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	The implicated type of water exposure was an other or environmental exposure to water.	Yes
300	Water	UndeterminedExposure	SettingWater	Page 6, Settings	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	The implicated type of water exposure was an undetermined exposure to water.	Yes
301	Water	WaterSettingExposureRemarks	SettingWater	Page 7, Settings	Text	Remarks for additional information about water setting of exposure.	Yes
302	Water	RecWaterExposure#	SettingRecWater	N/A	Text	Indicates type of recreational water (e.g., treated, untreated).	Yes
303	Water	RecVenue#	SettingRecWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Water venue of exposure (e.g., hot tub/spa/whirlpool; pool - other swimming pool; hot spring).	Yes
304	Water	RecVenueSp#	SettingRecWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Specify other water venue of exposure (e.g., hot tub/spa/whirlpool; pool - other swimming pool; hot spring).	Yes
305	Water	RecSubtype#	SettingRecWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Water venue subtype (i.e. indoor, outdoor, or unknown).	Yes
306	Water	RecSetting#	SettingRecWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Setting of exposure (e.g., hotel/motel).	Yes
307	Water	RecSettingSp#	SettingRecWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Specify other setting of exposure (e.g. hotel/motel)	Yes
308	Water	RecTreatment#	SettingRecWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Indicates how the water in the venue was treated (e.g., no treatment, disinfection, home filtration).	Yes
309	Water	RecTreatmentSp#	SettingRecWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Specify how the water in the venue was treated	Yes
310	Water	RecTreatmentDescription#_#	SettingRecWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Indicates additional description of the treatment used at a recreational water venue.	Yes
311	Water	RecTreatmentDescriptionSp#_#	SettingRecWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Specify other description of the treatment used at a recreational water venue.	Yes
312	Water	RecTreatmentDescriptionMore	SettingRecWater	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
313	Water	RecStabilizerLevel#	SettingRecWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Indicates the chlorine stabilizer levels in the venue at the time of the outbreak, when 'RecTreatmentDescription' = 'Cyanuric Acid' or 'Dichlor/Trichlor'.	Yes
314	Water	RecVenueMore	SettingRecWater	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
315	Water	DWSystem#	SettingDrinkingWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Water system (e.g., commercially-bottled water, community water system, individual water system).	Yes
316	Water	DWSystemSp#	SettingDrinkingWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Specify other drinking water system	Yes
317	Water	DWEPAID#	SettingDrinkingWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Public water system EPA ID number which is an identification number assigned by the EPA to public water systems.	Yes
318	Water	DWSource#	SettingDrinkingWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Water source (e.g., ground water, surface water or unknown).	Yes
319	Water	DWSourceSp#	SettingDrinkingWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Specify other drinking water source	Yes
320	Water	DWDescription#	SettingDrinkingWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Water source description (e.g. spring; well; lake).	Yes
321	Water	DWDescriptionSp#	SettingDrinkingWater	Page 6, Settings	TExt	Specify other drinking water sources description	Yes
322	Water	DWTreatment#	SettingDrinkingWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Indicates how the water in the system was treated (e.g., no treatment, disinfection, home filtration).	Yes
323	Water	DWTreatmentSp#	SettingDrinkingWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Specify other way the water in the system was treated	Yes
324	Water	DWTreatmentDescription#_#	SettingDrinkingWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Indicates additional description of the treatment used at a drinking water venue.	Yes
325	Water	DWTreatmentDescriptionSp#_#	SettingDrinkingWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Specify other additional description of the treatment used at a drinking water venue.	Yes
326	Water	DWTreatmentDescriptionMore	SettingDrinkingWater	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
327	Water	DWSetting#	SettingDrinkingWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Setting of exposure (e.g., hotel/motel).	Yes
328	Water	DWSettingSp#	SettingDrinkingWater	Page 6, Settings	Text	Specify other setting of exposure	Yes
329	Water	DWSystemMore	SettingDrinkingWater	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
330	Water	OtherWaterExposure#	SettingOtherWater	N/A	Text	Indicates other type of water (e.g., other exposures to water, including other environmental exposures to water).	Yes
331	Water	OtherSystem#	SettingOtherWater	Page 7, Settings	Text	Indicates the system or source of the water (e.g., cooling tower; drainage ditch; fountain - ornamental).	Yes
332	Water	OtherSystemSp#	SettingOtherWater	Page 7, Settings	Text	Specify other system or source of the water	Yes
333	Water	OtherSetting#	SettingOtherWater	Page 7, Settings	Text	Setting of exposure (e.g, hotel/motel).	Yes
334	Water	OtherSettingSp#	SettingOtherWater	Page 7, Settings	Text	Specify other setting of exposure	Yes
335	Water	OtherTreated#	SettingOtherWater	Page 7, Settings	Yes/No/Unknown/NA	Indicates if the water system/source was treated to reduce or prevent the risk of disease transmission.	Yes
336	Water	OtherTreatment#	SettingOtherWater	Page 7, Settings	Text	Indicates how the water in the system/source was treated.	Yes
337	Water	OtherTreatmentSp#	SettingOtherWater	Page 7, Settings	Text	Specify how the water in the system/source was treated.	Yes
338	Animal	AnimalUndetermined	AnimalContact	Page 8, Animal Contact	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if an animal vehicle was not identified for the outbreak.	Yes
339	Animal	AnimalReasonUnd#	AnimalContact	Page 8, Animal Contact	Text	If animal vehicle undetermined, indicates reason(s) supporting animal contact as the mode of transmission (e.g., epidemiologic evidence, laboratory evidence, environmental evidence, traceback investigation, other).	Yes
340	Animal	AnimalReasonUndSp	AnimalContact	Page 8, Animal Contact	Text	Specify other reason supporting animal contact as the mode of transmission	Yes
341	Animal	AnimalReasonUndMore	AnimalContact	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
342	Animal	AnimalNum	AnimalContact	Page 8, Animal Contact	Number	Number of animals involved in the outbreak.	Yes
343	Animal	AnimalNumUnk	AnimalContact	Page 8, Animal Contact	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if the number of animals in the outbreak was unknown.	Yes
344	Animal	AnimalDeaths	AnimalContact	Page 8, Animal Contact	Number	Number of animals that died during the outbreak period of interest.	Yes
345	Animal	AnimalDeathsUnk	AnimalContact	Page 8, Animal Contact	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if the number of animals that died during the outbreak period of interest was unknown.	Yes
346	Animal	AnimalDeathsIll	AnimalContact	Page 8, Animal Contact	Number	Number of animals that died as a result of the outbreak-associated illness.	Yes
347	Animal	AnimalDeathsIllUnk	AnimalContact	Page 8, Animal Contact	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if the number of animals that died as a result of the outbreak-associated illness was unknown.	Yes
348	Animal	AnimalEnvironment	AnimalContact	Page 8, Animal Contact	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether the animal's living environment was implicated as a potential source of the outbreak.	Yes
349	Animal	AnimalWork#	AnimalContact	Page 8, Animal Contact	Text	If any outbreak-associated case-patients were exposed in the workplace, indicates the occupation(s) of primary cases exposed in the workplace (e.g., farm/dairy worker, pet store worker, agricultural store worker, processing plant/slaughterhouse worker, other).	Yes
350	Animal	AnimalWorkSp	AnimalContact	Page 8, Animal Contact	Text	Specify other occupation of primary cases exposed in the workplace	Yes
351	Animal	AnimalWorkMore	AnimalContact	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
352	Animal	AnimalFeedImplicated	AnimalContact	Page 8, Animal Contact	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether pet food or animal feed was implicated as a potential source of the outbreak.	Yes
353	Animal	AnimalFeedType#	AnimalContact	Page 8, Animal Contact	Text	Indicates the type of pet food implicated.	Yes
354	Animal	AnimalFeedTypeSp	AnimalContact	Page 8, Animal Contact	Text	Specify other type of pet food implicated	Yes
355	Animal	AnimalFeedTypeMore	AnimalContact	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
356	Animal	AnimalCompendium	AnimalContact	Page 9, Animal Contact	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether the "Compendium of Measures to Prevent Disease Associated with Animals in Public Settings" was used during the investigation.	Yes
357	Animal	AnimalRemarks	AnimalContact	Page 9, Animal Contact	Text	Animal remarks/comments.	Yes
359	Animal	AnimalType#	AnimalVehicle	Page 8, Animal Contact	Text	Specify the animal type.	Yes
360	Animal	AnimalConfirmed#	AnimalVehicle	Page 8, Animal Contact	Text	Indicates whether the animal vehicle specified in the corresponding 'AnimalType' field was confirmed or suspected.	Yes
361	Animal	AnimalReasonConfirmed#_#	AnimalVehicle	Page 8, Animal Contact	Text	Indicates reason suspected or confirmed for the animal vehicle (e.g., laboratory, environmental, epidemiologic, traceback, other).	Yes
362	Animal	AnimalVehicleDiarrhea#	AnimalVehicle	Page 8, Animal Contact	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether the animal experienced a diarrheal illness.	Yes
363	Animal	AnimalVehicleImport#	AnimalVehicle	Page 8, Animal Contact	Text	Indicates whether the animal was imported into the U.S.	Yes
364	Animal	AnimalVehicleCountry#	AnimalVehicle	Page 8, Animal Contact	Text	If the animal was imported into the U.S., indicates the country of source.	Yes
365	Animal	AnimalVehicleCriteria#_#	AnimalVehicle	Page 8, Animal Contact	Text	Indicates if any of the animal(s) implicated in the outbreak met any of the following criteria.	Yes
366	Animal	AnimalVehicleCriteriaSp#	AnimalVehicle	Page 8, Animal Contact	Text	Specify other criteria met by any of the animal(s) implicated in the outbreak	Yes
367	Animal	AnimalVehicleMore	AnimalVehicle	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
368	Environmental	AntiBacNum	Fungal	Page 9, Fungal	Number	Number of cases treated with systemic antibacterial medication before fungal infection was diagnosed.	Yes
369	Environmental	AntiBacInfo	Fungal	Page 9, Fungal	Number	Total number of cases for whom information on systemic antibacterial use before fungal diagnosis is known.	Yes
370	Environmental	AntiFungalNum	Fungal	Page 9, Fungal	Number	Number of cases treated with systemic antifungal medication.	Yes
371	Environmental	AntiFungalInfo	Fungal	Page 9, Fungal	Number	Total number of cases for whom information on systemic antifungal use is known.	Yes
372	Environmental	EnvSample	Fungal	Page 9, Fungal	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether environmental samples were collected.	Yes
373	Environmental	EnvSampleResult	Fungal	Page 9, Fungal	Text	If environmental samples were collected, indicates the results.	Yes
374	Environmental	FungalCF#	Fungal	Page 9, Fungal	Text	Indicates which contributing factors were involved in the fungal disease outbreak.	Yes
375	Environmental	FungalCFSp#	Fungal	Page 9, Fungal	Text	Specify birds, bats, or other as a contributing factor involved in the fungal disease outbreak.	Yes
376	Environmental	Industry	Fungal	Page 9, Fungal	Text	Major industry of occupational exposure.	Yes
377	Environmental	Occupation	Fungal	Page 9, Fungal	Text	Occupation of persons with occupational exposure.	Yes
378	Environmental	PPENum	Fungal	Page 9, Fungal	Number	Number of cases that wore PPE at any time during the suspected exposure.	Yes
379	Environmental	PPEInfo	Fungal	Page 9, Fungal	Number	Total number of cases for whom information on PPE use is known.	Yes
380	Environmental	PPESp	Fungal	Page 9, Fungal	Text	Specify type of PPE.	Yes
381	Environmental	FungalCFMore	Fungal	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
382	Food	FoodVehicleUndetermined	Food	Page 10, Food	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if a food vehicle was not identified for the outbreak.	Yes
383	Food	ReasonFood#	Food	Page 10, Food	Text	If food vehicle undetermined, indicates reason(s) supporting foodborne as the mode of transmission (e.g., epidemiologic evidence, laboratory evidence, environmental evidence, traceback investigation, other).	Yes
384	Food	ReasonFoodSp	Food	Page 10, Food	Text	Specify other reason supporting foodborne as the mode of transmission	Yes
385	Food	ReasonFoodMore	Food	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
386	Food	FoodManager	Food	Page 10, Food	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates whether a certified food protection manager was at the location of preparation.	Yes
387	Food	FoodManagerAll	Food	Page 10, Food	Yes/No/Unknown	If the location of preparation has a certified food protection manager, indicates whether the certified food protection manager is on site during all hours of operation.	Yes
388	Food	FoodWorkerImplicated	Food	Page 11, Food	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates if food worker was implicated as a source of contamination.	Yes
389	Food	FoodName#	FoodVehicle	Page 10, Food	Text	Name of the implicated food suspected or investigated.	Yes
390	Food	FoodConfirmed#	FoodVehicle	Page 10, Food	Text	Indicates whether the food vehicle specified in the corresponding 'FoodName' field was confirmed or suspected.	Yes
391	Food	FoodReasonSuspected#_#	FoodVehicle	Page 10, Food	Text	Indicates reason suspected or confirmed for the implicated food.	Yes
392	Food	FoodReasonSuspectedMore	FoodVehicle	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
393	Food	IngredientName#_#	FoodVehicle	Page 10, Food	Text	Indicates the ingredient name for the implicated food suspected or investigated.	Yes
394	Food	ContaminatedIngredient#_#	FoodVehicle	Page 10, Food	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	For the implicated food in the corresponding 'IngredientName' field, indicates if the ingredient was the contaminated ingredient.	Yes
395	Food	IngredientMore	FoodVehicle	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
396	Food	MethodOfProcessing#_#	FoodVehicle	Page 10, Food	Text	For the implicated food in the corresponding 'FoodName' field, indicates method of processing.	Yes
397	Food	MethodOfProcessingSp#	FoodVehicle	Page 10, Food	Text	For the implicated food in the corresponding 'FoodName' field, specify other method of processing.	Yes
398	Food	MethodOfProcessingMore	FoodVehicle	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
399	Food	LevelOfPreparation#_#	FoodVehicle	Page 10, Food	Text	For the implicated food in the corresponding 'FoodName' field, indicates level of preparation.	Yes
400	Food	LevelOfPreparationSp#	FoodVehicle	Page 10, Food	Text	For the implicated food in the corresponding 'FoodName' field, specify other level of preparation.	Yes
401	Food	MethodOfPreparation#_#	FoodVehicle	Page 10, Food	Text	For the implicated food in the corresponding 'FoodName' field, indicates method of preparation.	Yes
402	Food	MethodOfPreparationSp#	FoodVehicle	Page 10, Food	Text	For the implicated food in the corresponding 'FoodName' field, specify other method of preparation.	Yes
403	Food	MethodOfPreparationMore	FoodVehicle	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
404	Food	Packaging#_#	FoodVehicle	Page 10, Food	Text	For the implicated food in the corresponding 'FoodName' field, indicates the type of packaging.	Yes
405	Food	PackagingMore	FoodVehicle	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
406	Food	FoodImported#	FoodVehicle	Page 10, Food	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if the implicated food in the corresponding 'FoodName' field was imported into the U.S.	Yes
407	Food	FoodCountryName#	FoodVehicle	Page 10, Food	Text	If the contaminated food was imported, indicates the name of the country, if known.	Yes
408	Food	Produced#	FoodVehicle	Page 10, Food	Text	Indicates if the product was produced under U.S. domestic regulatory oversight (e.g., yes, federal; yes, state only; no; unknown).	Yes
409	Food	Sold#	FoodVehicle	Page 10, Food	Text	Indicates if the product was sold under U.S. domestic regulatory oversight (e.g., yes, federal; yes, state only; no; unknown).	Yes
410	Food	FoodVehicleMore	FoodVehicle	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
411	Food	ContributingFactorsUnknown	FoodContribFactor	Page 11, Food	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if contributing factors are unknown.	Yes
412	Food	CFConReason	FoodContribFactor	Page 11, Food	Text	If no contamination factor available to enter, indicates the reason why (e.g., N/A, unknown, none identified).	Yes
413	Food	CFProReason	FoodContribFactor	Page 12, Food	Text	If no proliferation factor available to enter, indicates the reason why (e.g., N/A, unknown, none identified).	Yes
414	Food	CFSurReason	FoodContribFactor	Page 12, Food	Text	If no survival factor available to enter, indicates the reason why (e.g., N/A, unknown, none identified).	Yes
415	Food	CFRemarks	FoodContribFactor	Page 13, Food	Text	Remarks about contributing factors.	Yes
416	Food	ContributingFactorType#	FoodContribFactor	Pages 11, 12, 13, Food	Text	Type of contributing factor.	Yes
417	Food	ContributingFactorName#	FoodContribFactor	Pages 11, 12, 13, Food	Text	Name of contributing factor.	Yes
418	Food	ContributingFactorSp#	FoodContribFactor	Pages 11, 12, 13, Food	Text	Specify name of other contributing factor	Yes
419	Food	CFFinal#	FoodContribFactor	Page 11, 12, 13, Food	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Contributing factor occurred at the point of final prep/sale.	Yes
420	Food	CFPreHarvest#	FoodContribFactor	Page 11, 12, 13, Food	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Contributing factor occurred pre-harvest.	Yes
421	Food	CFPostHarvest#	FoodContribFactor	Page 11, 12, 13, Food	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Contributing factor occurred post-harvest.	Yes
422	Food	CFUnkHarvest#	FoodContribFactor	Page 11, 12, 13, Food	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Contributing factor occurred before point of final sale, but unknown if pre- or post-harvest.	Yes
423	Food	CFUnkLoc#	FoodContribFactor	Page 11, 12, 13, Food	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Unknown where contributing factor was noted.	Yes
424	Food	ContributingFactorMore	FoodContribFactor	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
425	Food, Animal	TracebackName#	TracebackRecall	Page 13, Traceback & Recall	Text	Company name for the traceback.	Yes
426	Food, Animal	TracebackType#	TracebackRecall	Page 13, Traceback & Recall	Text	Company type for the traceback listed in the corresponding 'TracebackName' field.	Yes
427	Food, Animal	TracebackCountry#	TracebackRecall	Page 13, Traceback & Recall	Text	Country for the source in the traceback listed in the corresponding 'TracebackName' field.	Yes
428	Food, Animal	TracebackState#	TracebackRecall	Page 13, Traceback & Recall	Text	U.S. state for the source in the traceback listed in the corresponding 'TracebackName' field.	Yes
429	Food, Animal	TracebackFindings#	TracebackRecall	Page 13, Traceback & Recall	Text	Indicates which traceback findings the traceback point represents (e.g., source of contamination, amplified contamination, point of service or sale, etc.).	Yes
430	Food, Animal	TracebackAgency#	TracebackRecall	Page 13, Traceback & Recall	Text	Indicates which federal agencies were involved in the traceback investigation (e.g., CDC, FDA, USDA/APHIS, USDA/FSIS, other, none).	Yes
431	Food, Animal	TracebackAgencySp	TracebackRecall	Page 13, Traceback & Recall	Text	Specify other federal agencies were involved in the traceback investigation	Yes
432	Food, Animal	TracebackMore	TracebackRecall	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
433	Food, Animal	Recall	TracebackRecall	Page 13, Traceback & Recall	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates whether a food product was recalled.	Yes
434	Food, Animal	RecallItem	TracebackRecall	Page 13, Traceback & Recall	Text	Exact item recalled.	Yes
435	Food, Animal	RecallLink	TracebackRecall	Page 13, Traceback & Recall	Text	Link to offical recall announcement.	Yes
436	Food, Animal	RecallComments	TracebackRecall	Page 13, Traceback & Recall	Text	Comments about the recall.	Yes
439	Water	NumberExposed	WaterEvidence	Page 13, Water	Number	Estimated total number of persons with primary water exposure.	Yes
440	Water	EnviroEvidence	WaterEvidence	Page 13, Water	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if environmental health data supported implicating water as the outbreak exposure.	Yes
441	Water	EpiEvidence	WaterEvidence	Page 13, Water	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if epidemiologic data supported implicating water as the outbreak exposure.	Yes
442	Water	PriorExpEvidence	WaterEvidence	Page 13, Water	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if prior experience supported implicating water as the outbreak exposure.	Yes
443	Water	ClinLabEvidence	WaterEvidence	Page 13, Water	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if clinical laboratory data supported implicating water as the outbreak exposure.	Yes
444	Water	EstimatedRisk	WaterEvidence	Page 13, Water	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates if data were collected to estimate association in a waterborne disease outbreak.	Yes
445	Water	CommonSource	WaterEvidence	Page 13, Water	Yes/No/Unknown	If 'EstimatedRisk' = no or unknown, indicates if water was the common source shared by persons who were ill.	Yes
446	Water	WaterRemarks	WaterEvidence	Page 14, Water	Text	Remarks field for additional information about the waterborne disease outbreak investigation.	Yes
447	Water	EpiExposure#	WaterEvidence	Page 13, Water	Text	A vehicle of pathogen transmission, such as an exposure (e.g., swimming pool use) or setting (e.g., hotel stay), measured in an epidemiologic study.	Yes
448	Water	EpiAttackRate#	WaterEvidence	Page 13, Water	Decimal	The attack rate for the exposure in the epidemiologic study. Attack rate is the proportion of exposed persons who became ill out of the total number of people exposed.	Yes
449	Water	EffectMeasure#	WaterEvidence	Page 13, Water	Decimal	The effect measure value, with reference to a vehicle of transmission in a waterborne disease outbreak specified in the corresponding 'EpiExposure' field.	Yes
450	Water	EffectMeasureType#	WaterEvidence	Page 13, Water	Text	The type of effect measure reported, with reference to a vehicle of transmission in a waterborne disease outbreak specified in the corresponding 'EpiExposure' field.	Yes
451	Water	pValue#	WaterEvidence	Page 13, Water	Decimal	The p-value for the effect measure with reference to the vehicle of transmission indicated in the corresponding 'EpiExposure' field.	Yes
452	Water	ConfidenceInterval#	WaterEvidence	Page 13, Water	Text	The confidence interval for the effect measure, with reference to the vehicle of transmission indicated in the corresponding 'EpiExposure' field.	Yes
453	Water	EpiDataMore	WaterEvidence	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
454	Water	FacilityChar#	WaterLegionella	Page 14, Water	Text	Indicates specific characteristics of the facility where a waterborne disease outbreak occurred when Legionella or other biofilm-associated pathogens are implicated as the etiology.	Yes
455	Water	FacilityCharSp	WaterLegionella	Page 14, Water	Text	Specify other characteristics of the facility where a waterborne disease outbreak occurred when Legionella or other biofilm-associated pathogens are implicated as the etiology.	Yes
456	Water	FacilityRemarks	WaterLegionella	Page 14, Water	Text	Remarks about facility characteristics in a facility where a waterborne disease outbreak occurred when Legionella or other biofilm-associated pathogens are implicated as the etiology.	Yes
457	Water	WMP	WaterLegionella	Page 14, Water	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates if the facility had a water management program in place before the outbreak.	Yes
458	Water	WMPDescription#	WaterLegionella	Page 14, Water	Text	Indicates elements included in water management program of the facility where a waterborne disease outbreak occurred when Legionella or other biofilm-associated pathogens are implicated as the etiology.	Yes
459	Water	WMPDesign#	WaterLegionella	Page 14, Water	Text	Indicates who designed the water management program for the facility where a waterborne disease outbreak occurred when Legionella or other biofilm-associated pathogens are implicated as the etiology.	Yes
460	Water	WMPDesignSp	WaterLegionella	Page 14, Water	Text	Specify other designer of the water management program for the facility where a waterborne disease outbreak occurred when Legionella or other biofilm-associated pathogens are implicated as the etiology.	Yes
461	Water	LDRecommend	WaterLegionella	Page 14, Water	Yes/No/Unknown/NA	Indicates if recommendations were provided to the facility to decrease the risk of Legionella exposure in a facility where a waterborne disease outbreak occurred when Legionella or other biofilm-associated pathogens are implicated as the etiology.	Yes
462	Water	LDRecommendDescription#	WaterLegionella	Page 14, Water	Text	If recommendations were provided, indicates which recommendations were given to the facility where a waterborne disease outbreak occurred when Legionella or other biofilm-associated pathogens are implicated as the etiology.	Yes
463	Water	LDRecommendDescriptionSp	WaterLegionella	Page 14, Water	Text	Specify other recommendations that were given to the facility where a waterborne disease outbreak occurred when Legionella or other biofilm-associated pathogens are implicated as the etiology.	Yes
464	Water	LDSamples	WaterLegionella	Page 14, Water	Yes/No/Unknown/NA	Indicates if samples were tested for Legionella at a laboratory participating in a national proficiency program (e.g., ELITE, ELAP, AIHA).	Yes
465	Water	BiofilmRemarks	WaterLegionella	Page 14, Water	Text	Remarks about biofilm-associated pathogens section.	Yes
466	Water	TreatedInspection	WaterQuality	Page 14, Water	Yes/No/Unknown/NA	Indicates if water venue(s) were inspected in the 6 months prior to the outbreak.	Yes
467	Water	TreatedRecRemarks	WaterQuality	Page 15, Water	Text	Remarks field for additional information about the treated recreational water outbreak investigation.	Yes
468	Water	UntreatedQuality	WaterQuality	Page 16, Water	Yes/No/Unknown/NA	Indicates if venue met recreational water quality standards at the time of the outbreak.	Yes
469	Water	UntreatedQualityTest	WaterQuality	Page 16, Water	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates if microbiological water quality testing results were collected in the 3 months before the outbreak.	Yes
470	Water	UntreatedRecRemarks	WaterQuality	Page 16, Water	Text	Remarks field for additional information about the untreated recreational water outbreak investigation.	Yes
471	Water	DrinkingMonth	WaterQuality	Page 17, Water	Yes/No/Unknown/NA	Indicates if the drinking water system had any monitoring violations in the 1 month prior to the outbreak.	Yes
472	Water	DrinkingMonthText	WaterQuality	Page 17, Water	Text	Additional description if drinking water system had monitoring violations in the 1 month prior to the outbreak.	Yes
473	Water	DrinkingMCL	WaterQuality	Page 17, Water	Yes/No/Unknown/NA	Indicates if the drinking water system had any maximum contaminant level (MCL) violations in the 1 month prior to the outbreak.	Yes
474	Water	DrinkingMCLText	WaterQuality	Page 17, Water	Text	Additional description if drinking water system had MCL violations in the 1 month prior to the outbreak.	Yes
475	Water	DrinkingYear	WaterQuality	Page 17, Water	Yes/No/Unknown/NA	Indicates if the drinking water system had any violations in the 12 months prior to the outbreak.	Yes
476	Water	DrinkingYearText	WaterQuality	Page 17, Water	Text	Additional description if the drinking water system had any violations in the 12 months prior to the outbreak.	Yes
477	Water	DrinkingRemarks	WaterQuality	Page 17, Water	Text	Remarks fields for additional information about the drinking water outbreak investigation.	Yes
478	Water	SourceFactor	WaterQuality	Page 17, Water	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates if there was a problem with the quality of the source water.	Yes
479	Water	TreatDistribFactor	WaterQuality	Page 17, Water	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates if the water quality was affected by a problem occurring with the water treatment or within the distribution system before entry into a building or house.	Yes
480	Water	NonUtilityFactor	WaterQuality	Page 17, Water	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates if the water quality was affected by a problem occurring after the water meter or outside the jurisdiction of a water utility.	Yes
481	Water	OtherEnvExposureDescription	WaterQuality	Page 19, Water	Text	Indicates how the exposure(s) to the water system/source occurred.	Yes
482	Water	OtherEnvExposureSp	WaterQuality	Page 19, Water	Text	Specify how the exposure(s) to the water system/source occurred.	Yes
483	Water	OtherEnvExposureRemarks	WaterQuality	Page 19, Water	Text	Other exposures to water remarks.	Yes
484	Water	SuspectedTreatedRec	WaterQuality	Page 20, Water	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if treated recreational water exposure was a suspected exposure for an undetermined exposure to water outbreak.	Yes
485	Water	SuspectedUntreatedRec	WaterQuality	Page 20, Water	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if untreated recreational water exposure was a suspected exposure for an undetermined exposure to water outbreak.	Yes
486	Water	SuspectedDrinking	WaterQuality	Page 20, Water	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if drinking water exposure was a suspected exposure for an undetermined exposure to water outbreak.	Yes
487	Water	SuspectedOtherEnvironmental	WaterQuality	Page 20, Water	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if other or environmental exposure to water was a suspected exposure for an undetermined exposure to water outbreak.	Yes
488	Water	SuspectedUnidentified	WaterQuality	Page 20, Water	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if there was not an identified water exposure for an undetermined exposure to water outbreak.	Yes
489	Water	SuspectedExposureRemarks	WaterQuality	Page 20, Water	Text	Remarks field for additional information about the suspected exposure in an undetermined exposure to water outbreak investigation.	Yes
490	Water	UndeterminedCF	WaterQuality	Page 20, Water	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates if contributing factors were documented or suspected in an undetermined exposures to water outbreak investigation.	Yes
491	Water	UndeterminedCFRemarks	WaterQuality	Page 20, Water	Text	Remarks field for contributing factors for undetermined exposure to water outbreaks.	Yes
492	Water	WaterFactorGroup#	WaterContribFactor	Pages 15, 16, 18, 19, Water	Text	Indicates the factor group that the contributing factor corresponds to (e.g., people, environment, policy and management, maintenance, etc.).	Yes
493	Water	WaterFactorType#	WaterContribFactor	Pages 15, 16, 18, 19, Water	Text	Indicates the water factor type associated with the corresponding 'WaterFactor' (e.g., drinking, untreated, treated, other).	Yes
494	Water	WaterFactor#	WaterContribFactor	Pages 15, 16, 18, 19, Water	Text	A contributing factor reported for any type of waterborne disease outbreak in NORS.	Yes
495	Water	WaterFactorSp#	WaterContribFactor	Pages 15, 16, 18, 19, Water	Text	Specify other contributing factormreported for any type of waterborne disease outbreak in NORS	Yes
496	Water	WaterFactorStatus#	WaterContribFactor	Pages 15, 16, 18, 19, Water	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates if the contributing factor was documented/observed or suspected.	Yes
497	Water	WaterFactorMore	WaterContribFactor	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
498	All	Detection#	OutbreakInvestigation	Page 20, Outbreak Detection & Investigation Methods	Text	Indicates how the outbreak was initially detected.	Yes
499	All	DetectionSp	OutbreakInvestigation	Page 20, Outbreak Detection & Investigation Methods	Text	Specify other way the outbreak was initially detected	Yes
500	All	DetectionMore	OutbreakInvestigation	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
501	All	InvestigationMethod#	OutbreakInvestigation	Page 20, Outbreak Detection & Investigation Methods	Text	Name of investigation method(s) used to investigate outbreak.	Yes
502	All	InvestigationMethodSp#	OutbreakInvestigation	Page 20, Outbreak Detection & Investigation Methods	Text	Specify other investigation method(s) used to investigate outbreak	Yes
503	All	MethodCategory#	OutbreakInvestigation	Page 20, Outbreak Detection & Investigation Methods	Text	Type(s) of investigation method(s) used to investigate outbreak (e.g., epidemiologic, environmental, and traceback).	Yes
504	All	InvestigationComments	OutbreakInvestigation	Page 20, Outbreak Detection & Investigation Methods	Text	Indicates additional comments related to investigation methods.	Yes
505	All	InvestigationMore	OutbreakInvestigation	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
506	All	eFORSID	LinkedSystems	N/A	Text	This is the unique ID previously assigned to a report originally entered in eFORS. All previous eFORS reports have been migrated into NORS.	No
507	All	NEARSID#	LinkedSystems	Page 20, Outbreak Detection & Investigation Methods	Text	This field is used to link NORS reports to environmental health investigation reports in the National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) (formerly Environmental Health Specialists Network).	Yes
508	All	OHHABSID#	LinkedSystems	Page 20, Outbreak Detection & Investigation Methods	Text	This field is used to link NORS reports to reports in the One Health Harmful Algal Bloom System (OHHABS).	Yes
509	All	InterventionAny	Intervention	Page 21, Interventions	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates if any interventions were recommended or implemented.	Yes
510	All	InterventionNone	Intervention	Page 21, Interventions	Text	If no interventions were recommended or implemented, indicates why.	Yes
511	All	InterventionType#	Intervention	Pages 21, 22, 23, 24, Interventions	Text	Intervention type.	Yes
512	All	InterventionTypeSp#	Intervention	Pages 21, 22, 23, 24, Interventions	Text	Specify other intervention type	Yes
513	All	InterventionPoint#	Intervention	Pages 21, 22, 23, 24, Interventions	Text	Indicates if the intervention type was recommended or implemented at the point of intervention or point of exposure.	Yes
514	Animal, Food, Other/Unknown	InterventionDist#	Intervention	Pages 21, 22, 23, 24, Interventions	Text	Indicates if the intervention type was recommended or implemented at the point of distribution (e.g., shipping facility, transportation equipment).	Yes
515	Animal, Food, Other/Unknown	InterventionProc#	Intervention	Pages 21, 22, 23, 24, Interventions	Text	Indicates if the intervention type was recommended or implemented at the point of processing (e.g., pasteurization plant).	Yes
516	Animal, Food, Other/Unknown	InterventionSource#	Intervention	Pages 21, 22, 23, 24, Interventions	Text	Indicates if the intervention type was recommended or implemented at the source (e.g., farm).	Yes
517	All	InterventionMore	Intervention	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
518	All	InterventionComms	Intervention	Page 24, Interventions	Yes/No/Unknown	Indicates if any public communications were released for this outbreak.	Yes
519	All	Comms#	Intervention	Page 24, Interventions	Text	Indicates which group(s) released public communications for the outbreak (e.g., federal government, industry, state/local/territorial health department, etc.).	Yes
520	All	CommsGovtSp	Intervention	Page 24, Interventions	Text	Specify other state/local/territorial agency that relased public communications for the outbreak	Yes
521	All	CommsOthSp	Intervention	Page 24, Interventions	Text	Specify other group(s) not already listed that released public communications for the outbreak.	Yes
522	All	CommsMore	Intervention	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
523	All	InterventionRemarks	Intervention	Page 24, Interventions	Text	Interventions and outbreak communications remarks.	Yes
524	All	Attachment	Attachments	N/A	True/False, 1/0, -1/0	Indicates whether or not one or more attachments have been included in the NORS report. 0="False", 1 or -1="True" Format depends on export and import program	No
525	All	AttachmentName#	Attachments	N/A	Text	The filename of the attachment(s) to the NORS report, if any.	No
526	All	AttachmentUploadDate#	Attachments	N/A	MM/DD/YYYY	Upload date of the attachment(s).	No
527	All	AttachmentsMore	Attachments	N/A	Number	Indicates the number of additional rows of data available in NORS that could not be downloaded in the flat file structure due to size limits.	No
528	All	IssueStatus#	Finalization	N/A	Text	Indicates whether the finalization issue for the report is open or closed.	No
529	All	IssueName#	Finalization	N/A	Text	Name of the finalization issue flagged for the report.	No
530	All	IssueResponse#	Finalization	N/A	Text	Response to finalization issue, if addressed (e.g., "Verified" for a checkbox, or free text for explanations).	No
531	All	IssueDescription#	Finalization	N/A	Text	Description of the finalization issue flagged for the report.	No